CAPE TOWN – The South African Airways (SAA) has confirmed losses of R5.7 billion over the past financial year.

It was due to present the information in Parliament on Wednesday, but a meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance was cancelled over differences between MPs, about whether the meeting should be held in secret as had been scheduled.

Treasury has now released the presentation that chief executive Vuyani Jarana was due to present to the committee. It doesn’t contain any information not already in the public domain.

The SAA delegation was sent away by the acting committee chairperson Thandi Tobias, without being given the opportunity to say anything.

The presentation released by Treasury confirms figures contained in SAA’s annual report released in March.